The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-22

| lsh INTO the river, aHd the bucket was then
| drawn up to the bridge and returned to the
car These carp are from one to six inches in
| length, and in sound healthy condition
! Mr.. Ellis has been to Macon before and put
fish, shad, etc, in the Ocmulgee.
Fink Bowen. an orderly colored wo-
| man, wife of Ebert Bowen, died at her home
near Gray's Station on the 10th instant. Her
! first husband, Butler Graves killed in bar
room in 1888, was said to have been the tallest
man ever buried in Macon, and was noted,
| While living, for possessing almost herculean
strength. He was porter at Smith & Iver-
| sons when killed, When the measure for his
| coffin was brought to undertaken j. j. Clay,
the latter thought it was a jest, for the stick
reached If almost to the ceiling When assured
| there was no joke in it his eyes bulged out on
stems and he was figuratively paralyzed.
| The intelligence has just reached us of very
| serious difficulty which occurred near Chaly
beate Springs Saturday evening between
| Messrs. Jack Mitchell and William Phelps
| The dispute arose about some cotton, when
! Phelps gave Mitchell thelie. Mitchell proceed
| ed to attack Phelps and was knocked back by
| Phelps with stick, and upon steadying him
| self he (MltchelD drew revolver and fred
| two or three shots at Phelps, one ball taking
| effect in his left breast and passed almost
| through his body, and was extracted from his
back by DR.. Campbell. Phelps is seriously, if
not mortally wounded.
A gentleman in brass buttons and police
mans badge was in Cuthbert on
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| Baker, Atlanta, Ga. He was here for the
| purpose OF conducting q couple of negroes re-
| Gently sentenced for cow-stealing to the place
| assigned them by the proper authorities, and
| while waiting for the arrival of his train told
| the following story to a CONSTITUTION cores
| pendent and others.
| About two months ago he was sent to one of
| the lower counties for a negro convict who had
been previously sentenced to the chaingang,
| and had worked awhile, made his escape and
was recaptured. The negro was far above the
| average in intelligence and shreWdness, was
a clever talker and had the faculty of telling
| things IN such straightforward manner as to
| impress one with its correctness. During the
return trip the prisoner stated to Officer Baker
| that if he would return with him to certain
| point down below Albany he would conduct
| him to a spot in deserted old field where o
short time before his first arrest he had buried
| 81, 1873. He was willing to return hand
| cuffed and prisoner, but upon the delivery
| of the buried treasure to be given his freedom.
| He stated every point so clearly giving the
amount in bills, silver and gold, SO accurately,
| and described the locality and conditions un-
| der which he was led to deposit in the earth
such .large sum of money so forcbly, that
the officer was considerably taken with the
| story.
| Tt was also known to him that short time
before the conviction of the negro there was
| gang OF thieves going through that portion of
| the state, breaking into dwellings, stores, and
| blowing open safes and that they succeeded
| upon several occasions in securing deal of
| booty. He thought over the story constantly
and the more he thought of it the treasure
grew larger and the prospects brighter. OF
| course he could not bout face" and sift the
matter at once nor did the negro get any con-
| ISOLATION in regard to the requests for absolute
freedom after locating the money, but when
| they reached Atlanta, Officer Baker laid the
matter before Captain English, giving that
| gentleman detailed account of the secret i'm
| parted to him en- route.
| ma %oo
and he at once promised to sift the matter to
the bottom. AS yet nothing has been said
| publicly by the parties, and they contemplate
arranging trip at an early date to the spot.
| couple or more of disappointed gentlemen
| should the story prove hoax.
ALABAMA.
For several months past, two Mormon
| elders from Utah have been seeking converts
| in 1.-THE country around Birmingham among
| the ignorant country people. They were very
| successful, and have baptized a number OF
converts. Thursday, while the two elders.
| Mower and Lee, were conducting a meeting
| in log school house, fifty armed men sur
| rounded the house, and dragged them from
the pulpit The mob carried them some dis
| lance in the woods, threatening to hang them,
| but finally released them on their promise to
| leave the county at once. Certain death was
| promised them il they ever returned
| The two elders left the neighborhood leav-
| ing their converts behind.
| A fire broke out in Birmingham Wednesday
and destroyed the buildings the west side from
| Church to Lafayette streets The business houses
| of Warner, Harris & Watkins, Dows & Burleson,
| Crane & Brodix, Max Cohn, Houston & Murphy, E.
| L. Yons and NJ Cartwright were burned. portion
of the stock of goods of the merchants burned out
| was saved. The loss is estimated at 100000
| The strike of 200 miners at Coalburg this
| week has not been settled, and it is probable
| that all the free miners i'll this section, about
| 5000 men, will be ordered out. w. j. Bailey,
| member of the general executive board of
| Knights of Labor, is in the city, and the miners
have called on him to settle their trouble with
| the Coalburg company. Bailey called out
| President johnson, and asked for conference
| johnson sent him to Superintendent Lutarler,
| who agreed to conference, but failed to keep
| his appointment. In an interview today,
| Bailey is reported to have said that unless the
| Coalburg company agreed to a compromise, all
| the free miners working in mines where con-
| victs are employed would be ordered out and
| the knights of Labor would find them employ
| ment elsewhere. The Coalburg company
| works about 400 convicts, and the only effect
of the strike of the 200 free miners is to reduce
| their output. Since the organization of the
| knights of Labor in this section there has been
| most constant trouble among the miners, and
| general strike has long been anticipated.
NORTH CAROLINA.
| Saturday Senator Vance, while riding in o
| road wagon, on narrow road leading to his
residence, near Black mountain, was thrown
| out, and, falling on his head, received a cut
| about three inches long reaching to the bone